Item LL 68886.2 Marble - Glass, circa 1880

Summary

This orange marble is one of a group of marbles that were excavated at the Commonwealth Block site between 1988 and 2003.

'When I was a child, we played in the street with hoops; we played hopscotch, and chasey, and cowboys and Indians, running right round the blocks and that. We even played marbles too.' (Marie Hayes, born and raised in Little Lon 1920-1940)

To the children who lived there, Little Lon was home. The streets and lanes were their playground - for tossing knucklebones, flicking marbles or chasing over the cobblestones. Their chants and laughter were part of the sounds of Little Lon.

Physical Description

This is an orange glass marble. It has several small chips.

Physical Description

includes three marbles, one glass, two glazed clay marbles.